| Literature DB >> 22956340 |
Tan Seng Beng1, Ng Chong Guan, Lim Kheng Seang, Subramaniam Pathmawathi, Moy Foong Ming, Lim Ee Jane, Loh Ee Chin, Lam Chee Loong.
Abstract
A qualitative study was conducted with semi-structured interviews to explore the experiences of suffering in 20 adult palliative care inpatients of University Malaya Medical Centre. The results were thematically analyzed. Ten basic themes were generated (1) loss and change → differential suffering, (2) care dependence → dependent suffering, (3) family stress → empathic suffering, (4) disease and dying → terminal suffering, (5) health care staff encounters → interactional suffering, (6) hospital environment → environmental suffering, (7) physical symptoms → sensory suffering, (8) emotional reactions → emotional suffering, (9) cognitive reactions → cognitive suffering, and (10) spiritual reactions → spiritual suffering. An existential-experiential model of suffering was conceptualized from the analysis. This model may inform the development of interventions in the prevention and management of suffering.Entities:
Keywords: Malaysia; distress; palliative care; psychosocial issues; suffering; thematic analysis
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Year: 2012 PMID： 22956340 DOI： 10.1177/1049909112458721
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hosp Palliat Care ISSN： 1049-9091 Impact factor: 2.500